COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 58 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 58 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0908933dc
Image Title:
Astronomical work
Alternative Image Title:
Risala 'an al-kura dhat al-kursi mukhtasara
Translated Image Title:
A short treatise on the constellation which is the possessor of the throne (= Cassiopeia)
Subject:
Astronomy
Source title:
Risala 'an al-kura dhat al-kursi mukhtasara
Translated source title:
A short treatise on the constellation which is the possessor of the throne (= Cassiopeia)
Section:
Preface and beginning of the first section
Description:
Astronomy. Muslim author. The first page of the treatise, begins with the basmallah, which includes Muhammad as the Seal (= the last) of the Prophets. The writer states that this treatise holds muqaddima and 13 chapters/sections.
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Vocalisation:
Vocalisation
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
Notes:
19 lines. Sporadic vocalization.There's a page-keeper. The first words of each paragraph are in red ink.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
JRUL
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
PAR00058-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
23/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
